Enchanted Circle
Chapter 7
All three decided to go see the Witch of the West (Not to be confused with the one in the Wizard of Oz.) On their first day, however, Sessho ended up falling, and twisting his ankle. "It's not too badly hurt, just twisted.", Kagome told him, "If we put some ice on it, and keep you from walking for about the next day or so, it should be fine.",
"It doesn't feel like it will be...", Shessho muttered under his breath, annoyed with himself.
"Oh, quit your whining, already will ya?", Inu said, "Come on, I can carry you until it's healed enough to walk on.",
Sessho blinked a couple times. "You're still acting all nice towards me, even when you know who I really am right now?", Sessho asked.
"Well, it's because I don't kick others while their down on their luck.", Inu replied.
"And it feels good to help others!", Rin piped up, "That's why I helped you out when I found you in the forest!",
"Children understand the feelings they receive when giving, because they do it so much.", Kagome thought aloud.
"There we are, now we can continue traveling.", Inu said, holding on to Sessho by his knees, while Sessho clutched to Inu's neck, "We have a ways to go yet before we reach where I think we can get some help.",
.....
At about sunset, the four travelers made it to a small cottage on top of a small hill in a meadow. Inu knocked on the door, "Shazumi, Shazumi, open up... It's one of your old friends, Inu- Yasha. I need your help.",
The door opened, and a teenage girl, even shorter than Sessho at the moment, opened the door. She wore a pointed black hat with a star attached to the end of it. "Hello Inu, come on in, I was just making myself a good old cup of tea.", Shazumi, Shessho assumed, said, "You to, you to.",
"Shessho, Rin, Kagome, this is Shazumi.", Inu introduced, "She's a demon witch, one of the best at giving advice in all the world currently.",
"Here, lets all sit down, and talk about it over a nice cup of tea. It'll be good for your ankle, child.", Shazumi told Shessho, "Now, please tell me everything from the very beginning please...
Shessho started, telling everything that had happened to him then Inu told it from what the others had seen. "Hm.... I think I need to consult the four forces of nature....", she told them.
So, she led them down into a cavern, in which an underground stream of water traveled through, underneath that was a pool of fire, which turned it to steam, and on the ceilings was ice. "Fire, I ask for knowledge, Water, I ask for your love, Wind, I ask for your creative nature, and Earth give me strength. I seek the fire most of all, knowledge of what is here and now, knowledge of what is to be, so let me see....
She sat there, watching the fire flare up, in a torrent of power... "I see...", she muttered.
"So, what do I have to do?", Sessho asked.
"Return to the ring and enter with your minds blank. A challenge will await there one sacrifice it shall take. In return it will bring, you back to true form again.", Shazumi told them, "That is what the fire has told me.",
"Right, thanks for the advice, oh, and the tea.", Inu said.
Soon, they were off for the Enchanted Circle... However, Sessho couldn't get one line out of his head. A challenge will await there, one sacrifice it shall take. Could that mean it would kill Inu, or Kagome, or even Rin? Sessho shuddered at that thought, they'd all been nice to him since he'd been traveling with them. Even Inu- Yasha, who Sessho had always treated badly, acted kindly towards him. He didn't want anyone to die on his behalf...
End Chapter: Next Chapter will be the last, keep an eye out for any new stories I may post.